Northage Development + Petition

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TyHolden
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10:27a, 1/10/25
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I want an office on Northgate so I don't have to drive home after HH.
And I want to go totally Old School and create a frat/sorority for old farts.
The kids will bow at our feet when we bring in fellow old Ags such as Snoop, AC Slater, Elliot from ET, and Lyle Lovett.
We will own NorthGate once again.

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In reply to TyHolden • 10:29a, 1/10/25
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Can bringing back Antonio's be part of this plan?
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In reply to A Net Full of Jello • 10:36a, 1/10/25
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A Net Full of Jello said:
Can bringing back Antonio's be part of this plan?
We will run Antonio's as well. Everything will be ours. Get ready.
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In reply to TyHolden • 10:47a, 1/10/25
TyHolden said:
A Net Full of Jello said:
Can bringing back Antonio's be part of this plan?
We will run Antonio's as well. Everything will be ours. Get ready.


This is sounding like a cult compound.
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In reply to maroon barchetta • 10:53a, 1/10/25
maroon barchetta said:
TyHolden said:
A Net Full of Jello said:
Can bringing back Antonio's be part of this plan?
We will run Antonio's as well. Everything will be ours. Get ready.


This is sounding like a cult compound.


No, no, no….that would be located at 1101 Texas Ave
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In reply to maroon barchetta • 10:57a, 1/10/25
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maroon barchetta said:
TyHolden said:
A Net Full of Jello said:
Can bringing back Antonio's be part of this plan?
We will run Antonio's as well. Everything will be ours. Get ready.
This is sounding like a cult compound.
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11:19a, 1/10/25
William Wright

Worked the same job at Reynolds and reynolds for 17 years (since his freshman year of college!)

History major with a minor in film.

Nah, I'm not taking lectures from him on economic theory. Dude has never read a P&L or woken up sweating over how to pay employees one day of his life. Bye Felicia.
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In reply to happyinBCS • 11:19a, 1/10/25
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happyinBCS said:
I wish someone could find it and post
I reviewed the agenda packets for November and December and do not see it in there. I believe it must have been presented in closed session in December during the Northgate discussion.
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In reply to aggiefan2002 • 11:26a, 1/10/25
aggiefan2002 said:
William Wright

Worked the same job at Reynolds and reynolds for 17 years (since his freshman year of college!)

History major with a minor in film.

Nah, I'm not taking lectures from him on economic theory. Dude has never read a P&L or woken up sweating over how to pay employees one day of his life. Bye Felicia.


And now this fella is responsible for a half a billion dollar municipal budget? Got no one to blame but ourselves at this point. Years of shady real estate deals, inadequate infrastructure to match growth, not enough cops, not enough firefighters…….and this is the guy that's gonna fix it??? HAHAHAHHHHAHAAA
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In reply to FtnTXAg03 • 11:56a, 1/10/25
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Were you the one with the "BONFAR" license plate? I always liked that one.
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In reply to BlueMiles • 12:30p, 1/10/25
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BlueMiles said:
Were you the one with the "BONFAR" license plate? I always liked that one.

That's the one. And "Just Married" on the back window (still there, 15 years later). People used to stop and take photos with it. Redass Aggies with BONFAR, and young couples with the "Just Married".
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In reply to aggiefan2002 • 1:31p, 1/10/25
aggiefan2002 said:
William Wright

Worked the same job at Reynolds and reynolds for 17 years (since his freshman year of college!)

History major with a minor in film.

Nah, I'm not taking lectures from him on economic theory. Dude has never read a P&L or woken up sweating over how to pay employees one day of his life. Bye Felicia.
The number of people on this board who can't seem to make up their mind on what they want Northgate to be yet are positive that the city is 100% wrong makes me want to give him the benefit of the doubt.
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In reply to PS3D • 1:51p, 1/10/25
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I think the issue many people have- at least many people that I know and have talked to- is that the city didn't bother to ask citizens what they wanted. A lot of citizens probably don't know exactly what they want because we haven't had any real discussion about it.

But the city tried to tell us that they knew what we wanted and we just needed to accept their proposal.
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In reply to AggieBaseball06 • 1:59p, 1/10/25
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Or rather, it sound like the City told the citizens what the developer wanted. Without any type of buffer.

Typically municipalities have strategic plans and long-term development plans.

I'd be interested in how any of these actions or proposals synch with those plans.

If they don't, that's another discussion that needs to be had.
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In reply to AggieBaseball06 • 2:02p, 1/10/25
AggieBaseball06 said:
I think the issue many people have- at least many people that I know and have talked to- is that the city didn't bother to ask citizens what they wanted. A lot of citizens probably don't know exactly what they want because we haven't had any real discussion about it.

But the city tried to tell us that they knew what we wanted and we just needed to accept their proposal.


True as that may be, there's also a very anti-College Station bias on this forum, and someone already made a joke that if Bryan was to pull the same stunt they'd be worshipped. Remember, the things they're doing with the Travis Bryan park was not voted on, the citizens wanted more park-like stuff and the city basically sold it out to developers.
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In reply to PS3D • 2:12p, 1/10/25
People weren't clamoring to do park stuff by Lake Arsenic.
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In reply to PS3D • 2:18p, 1/10/25
PS3D said:
aggiefan2002 said:
William Wright

Worked the same job at Reynolds and reynolds for 17 years (since his freshman year of college!)

History major with a minor in film.

Nah, I'm not taking lectures from him on economic theory. Dude has never read a P&L or woken up sweating over how to pay employees one day of his life. Bye Felicia.
The number of people on this board who can't seem to make up their mind on what they want Northgate to be yet are positive that the city is 100% wrong makes me want to give him the benefit of the doubt.
From what I've read, and yes there is bias since its also my own perception, is that most people seem pretty aligned that they don't want Northgate to be 20+ story student housing complexes. As far as what it should be, lets eliminate that and then figure out what the different options are. It shouldn't be a situation where people don't know what it should be, so they should accept the thing they don't want.
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In reply to Dr. Horrible • 2:49p, 1/10/25
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Dr. Horrible said:
PS3D said:
aggiefan2002 said:
William Wright

Worked the same job at Reynolds and reynolds for 17 years (since his freshman year of college!)

History major with a minor in film.

Nah, I'm not taking lectures from him on economic theory. Dude has never read a P&L or woken up sweating over how to pay employees one day of his life. Bye Felicia.
The number of people on this board who can't seem to make up their mind on what they want Northgate to be yet are positive that the city is 100% wrong makes me want to give him the benefit of the doubt.
From what I've read, and yes there is bias since its also my own perception, is that most people seem pretty aligned that they don't want Northgate to be 20+ story student housing complexes. As far as what it should be, let's eliminate that and then figure out what the different options are. It shouldn't be a situation where people don't know what it should be, so they should accept the thing they don't want.

A little late for that.
Trump will fix it.
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In reply to MsDoubleD81 • 4:50p, 1/10/25
maroon barchetta said:
People weren't clamoring to do park stuff by Lake Arsenic.
Bryan residents were surveyed; they wanted to keep the golf course and not sell it to developers (cite) and as late as 2018 another survey brought in what people wanted to do:

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Some of the more popular ideas -- indicated by stickers placed on display boards around the room -- included softball and baseball fields, canoeing and kayaking on the lake and outdoor gathering spaces. Walking and biking trails and other amenities that would preserve trees and natural spaces also got support.

Just under 700 people had responded to an online survey about the future park as of Thursday. When asked to rank the top five amenities they'd like to see, trails for walking, jogging and cycling received the most support, with about 498 votes. It was followed by "nature play," paddling facilities, an event venue and meeting space.

( source / archive )




Dr. Horrible said:
From what I've read, and yes there is bias since its also my own perception, is that most people seem pretty aligned that they don't want Northgate to be 20+ story student housing complexes. As far as what it should be, lets eliminate that and then figure out what the different options are. It shouldn't be a situation where people don't know what it should be, so they should accept the thing they don't want.


I can dig up posts were people were celebrating the densification of Northgate (perhaps incorrectly believing that it was creating a "containment zone" or that it would create "less traffic")...and it suddenly becomes a problem with Northgate's "character" when it gets too close to the bars near College Main?
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